Fall 2024 Environmental Health Sciences P6320 section 001

Fundamentals of Toxicology for Health-re

FUNDAMENTALS OF TOXICOLOG

Call Number 15683
Day & Time
Location
M 2:30pm-5:20pm
1102 ROSENFIELD B
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Diane Re
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts of toxicology to students from multiple fields and disciplines related to health. Nowadays excellence in health research and in its translation to the public can only be reached through multidisciplinary team effort, and teamwork is always more efficient when its different contributors have an appropriate understanding of each other’s expertise. The objectives of the first part of the course are to detail the routes of exposure to xenobiotics (chemicals and drugs) and to trace the biochemical and biological pathways through which xenobiotics are absorbed, metabolized, distributed, excreted, and biomonitored. In the second section of the course, we examine the effects of molecular/cellular changes on the function of representative organ systems including the respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine/reproductive, immune, liver, kidney, and nervous systems. Students are also introduced to applications of toxicology such as occupational and food toxicology. At the completion of the course students are expected to have an extensive toxicology vocabulary which will aid in their future collaborations in related disciplines. Students will also have a working knowledge of: 1) general toxicological principles, 2) inter-species and inter-individual differences in responses to toxicants, 3) the effects of several key toxicants on the normal function of several organ systems, and 4) the basic approach to applications of toxicology. The overall objective of this course is to provide the student with an introduction to the language and principles of toxicology such that these principles may be applied to public health and other health-related disciplines and communicated to the general public.
Web Site Vergil
Department Environmental Health Sciences
Enrollment 19 students (25 max) as of 9:06AM Saturday, December 14, 2024
Subject Environmental Health Sciences
Number P6320
Section 001
Division School of Public Health
Section key 20243EHSC6320P001